42 THE GARDENER. [Jan. 



Jackson's Kidney. — Crop poor with me; but a neighbouring gardener tells 

 me it was about the best cropper he had : neither was it good when cooked, 

 so I have discarded it. 



Hyatt' 8 Ash-leaf. — Too well known to need much commendation: in every 

 respect one of the best of its class. 



Early Sandringham. — A fine crop of large tubers, very like, and quite equal 

 to, Myatt's, though slightly different in flavour. 



Lapstone Kidney. — Good crop of fair-sized tubers, flavour good, flesh firm, 

 but not a mealy Potato. 



Sutton's Prolific. — Very large crop, tubers of fair size, but only second-class 

 to eat. 



Magnum Bonv/m. — An extraordinary cropper, and tubers of splendid size and 

 form. This variety was planted a long time after the other — in fact, very late 

 — but was grown on a very rich piece of ground. I weighed the produce of 

 almost every shaw as I lifted them, and found them to range from 5 lb. up to 

 9 lb. It is also of very fine quality when cooked, and has remained quite free 

 from disease. Altogether this is perhaps the best Potato of recent introduction. 



RED KIDNEY SECTION. 



Early Sovereign. — Good crop, fair size, not good to eat. 



Early Vermont. — Very good crop of large tubers ; soapy, but of good flavour. 



Late Hose. — Good crop of large tubers ; fairly good when cooked. 



Wonderful. — A well-named variety ; crop averaged thirty tubers to the shaw. 

 The produce of ten shaws, taken in the order of lifting, weighed a little over 

 56 lb. Tubers of fair size, and very good to eat. 



Bountiful. — Similar in appearance to Wonderful, but of somewhat deeper 

 colour ; a good crop, medium size, and of fair average quality. 



Ruby. — Fair crop, average size, and of pretty good flavour. 



ROUND SECTION (WHITE). 



Schoolmaster. — Fair crop of large tubers, good when cooked ; slightly diseased. 



Model. — Large tubers, but in every other respect very bad ; discarded. 



Porter's Excelsior. — Good crop of finely -formed tubers; very good when 

 cooked — an excellent Potato. 



Thorburn's Early Paragon is a paragon of badness ; discarded. 



Alpha. — Bad in every respect ; also discarded. 



Eureka. — Fair crop, tubers large, and of fair quality. 



American Early. — Fair crop of good-sized tubers, and of very good quality. 



Giant King. — Fair crop, large tubers, but very bad to eat; discarded. 



Climax. — Good crop of nice-sized tubers, and of very good quality; a fine 

 table Potato. 



Coldstream Early. — Fair crop, large tubers, and of very good quality. 



Oxford Early. — Good crop of nice-sized tubers. This I consider about the 

 best early round white Potato I have got, and in all respects, perhaps, one of 

 the best in cultivation. I have grown it for years. 



Fenn's Early Market. — Good crop, large tubers, good to eat, but badly dis- 

 eased ; seems too tender for this soil, but might have been better if it had been 

 taken up earlier. 



Eaintree's Early. — Middling crop, badly diseased ; discarded. 



Dalmahoy. — Good crop, large tubers, very good to eat, but slightly diseased. 



Pdntoul's White Don. — A good crop of large tubers, and of good quality. 



